Emerging Democracies (Series)

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Bribes, People, and Politics

How Everyday Corruption Shapes Governance in Eurasia

By William M. Reisinger & Marina Zaloznaya
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, European Studies, Eastern European Studies
Series: Emerging Democracies

Identifying the political consequences when citizens with connections benefit from the “corruption advantage”

Youth Activism in Asia

A New Wave

Edited by Colm Anthony Fox, Meredith L. Weiss, and Edward Aspinall
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Asian Studies, Political Communication
Series: Emerging Democracies

A dramatic look at the diversity of contemporary youth activism in the world’s most populous region

Ruling Indonesia

Jokowi's Presidency in an Age of Democratic Crisis and Great Power Competition

By Marcus Mietzner
Subjects: Political Science, Asian Studies, Southeast Asia
Series: Emerging Democracies

A personal examination of how one leader prioritized economic development over democratic liberties

Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by Kristen Kao & Ellen Lust
Subjects: Political Science, Middle and Near Eastern Studies
Series: Emerging Democracies

Examines how decentralization affects local communities

Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want

State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism

By Nathan J Brown, Steven D Schaaf, Samer Anabtawi, and Julian G Waller
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

Discovering why autocrats may not be in total control

The Troubling State of India's Democracy

Edited by Dinsha Mistree, Šumit Ganguly, and Larry Diamond
Subjects: Asian Studies, Southeast Asia, Political Science, Political Communication
Series: Emerging Democracies

Assessing the condition and potential trajectories of India’s democracy

Making Sense of the Arab State

Edited by Steven Heydemann & Marc Lynch
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

Exploring the surprising strengths and weaknesses of the Arab state

State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity Demands

Regional Movements in Greater Southeast Asia

Edited by Amy H. Liu & Joel Selway
Subjects: Asian Studies, Southeast Asia, Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

An in-depth look at why autonomy movements fail or succeed

None of the Above

Protest Voting in Latin American Democracies

By Mollie J. Cohen
Subjects: Latin American Studies, Political Science
Series: Emerging Democracies

How citizens casting an invalid vote still contribute to democracy

Seeds of Mobilization

The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy

By Joan E. Cho
Subjects: Political Science, Asian Studies, Korea
Series: Emerging Democracies

Examines the roles of industrialization and tertiary education in Korea’s nonlinear path to democracy

Lobbying the Autocrat

The Dynamics of Policy Advocacy in Nondemocracies

Edited by Max Grömping & Jessica C. Teets
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

The surprising symbiosis between dictators and citizen lobbyists complicates our understanding of autocratic regimes

Ghosts in the Neighborhood

Why Japan Is Haunted by Its Past and Germany Is Not

By Walter Hatch
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Asian Studies, Japan
Series: Emerging Democracies

Uneasy neighbors

Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World

Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring

Edited by Lisa Blaydes, Amr Hamzawy, and Hesham Sallam
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

Long-term effects of the Arab Spring

The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box

Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies

By Masaaki Higashijima
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Series: Emerging Democracies

Dictators don't dance

The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box

Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies

By Masaaki Higashijima
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Series: Emerging Democracies

Dictators don't dance

Opposing Power

Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies

By Elvin Jiayun Ong
Subjects: Political Science, Asian Studies, Southeast Asia
Series: Emerging Democracies

Why Opposition Parties Use Alliances to Fight Autocracy, and When They Don't

The Development of Political Institutions

Power, Legitimacy, Democracy

By Federico Ferrara
Subjects: Political Science
Series: Emerging Democracies

Human motivation and historical influence in political development

Aid Imperium

United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia

By Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Development
Series: Emerging Democracies

How US foreign policy affects state repression

Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age

The Yellow Shirts in Thailand

By Aim Sinpeng
Subjects: Political Science, Asian Studies, Southeast Asia
Series: Emerging Democracies

Democracy and Its Discontents

Normalizing Corruption

Failures of Accountability in Ukraine

By Erik S. Herron
Subjects: Political Science
Series: Emerging Democracies

Accountability and corruption in Ukraine

Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability

Duration, Financial Control, and Institutions

By Victor C Shih
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

What topples a statue?

Electoral Reform and the Fate of New Democracies

Lessons from the Indonesian Case

By Sarah Shair-Rosenfield
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Asian Studies, Southeast Asia
Series: Emerging Democracies

How elites influenced major electoral reform in the emerging democracy of Indonesia

Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies

Argentina in Comparative Perspective

Edited by Noam Lupu, Virginia Oliveros, and Luis Schiumerini
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

The 2015 Argentine election shows how voting decisions vary across developing democracies

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